There's also this magic function: private static <T extends Throwable> T sneakyThrow(Throwable ex) throws T { throw (T) ex; } Due to generic type era

There's also this magic function: private static <T extends Throwable> T sneakyThrow(Throwable ex) throws T { throw (T) ex; } Due to generic type erasure, the entire throw clause gets erased so it looks like this method doesn't throw anything.